Hot Rods Wheeew, saved a 32 5w from the crusher!

outstanding!

 

Wow...fantastic work!

 

Very nice work! Keep the posts coming.

 

That's rad!! Can't wait to see the next installment.

 

same here!

this whole "build" or i guess you could call it a facelift? i dunno, either way its been a lot of great work, keep it up!

 

One word....BITCH'N !

 

Asolutely blown away. The metal work is unreal.

 

the quilted effect......is that done with a sharp die on top and a flat die on the bottom, or is it more complicated than that? urethane lower die? How did you roll over the other lines?

Oh yeah, that firewall is awesome and so is the column drop and so is the window frames....you get the idea.

 

Thanks, this is eye candy, I would look at this stuff all day. You really come up with some great ideas, real innovative*****, love it.

 

awesome metal work guys!

When I read the first post about squinting...I did that. I couldn't see anything. Then I remembered I'm Asian, so my eyes were closed when I squinted...you were talking to the round eyes

 

Or as my Japanese buddy Mickey likes to quote "fuck you Hank I'm Laotian!"

 

Yeah, and learn the magic cuss words too........
Awesome work!!!!!

 

Amazing work. I think you have saved the car now

 

Jay,
I have the "Magic" hammers but are you willing to share the "Magic" cuss words??? My cuss word vocabulary does not seem to work as well as yours!!!!!!

Awesome work. I am sure Mom will love her new car......

 

Thanks for the ego feeding!! I really appreciate compliments from my peers!

Sorry no tech on the magic cuss words, thats top secret info.

As for a tech on how to do the firewall, not sure I could do that either, I still havent figured out how I did it ! (rumor has it there might be a tech week coming up though)

The diamond pattern is rolled in using a tipping die over a flat lower die thats wrapped in electrical tape to soften it up. Doing it this way allows you to roll across the adjacent line without crushing either line. Gives you a perfect point every time!


Here's some more pics for those that asked,,

Heater mount,





horn*****on,



I also had to relocate and slightly molest the cowl vent handle to clear the brace under the dash and the heater box,,



and something funny, when you attempt to powdercoat the 700 year old potmetal column trim piece, it looks like it was rolled in sand. Then when you say the hell with it and spray paint and****emble it, it wont match. After that you try and take it apart to redo the wiring,, it explodes.

So dont tell anyone but I sweet talked my machinist into making a new one on a cnc lathe, and I welded a nub on it to mount the horn*****on to.



It wont look so billety after its been coated,, just dont let the inspectors at the Pileup hear about it or they might not let me in!

As for build or rebuild, dunno, the only thing I havent done is pull the body off the chassis, everything else has been modified, rebuilt, or screwed with in some way.

I'm real glad you approve of the job I have done so far and it will only get better!

 

4 pages and I have to be the guy who asks the name of that******in purple on the interior?

 

lol, its not purple,, its pink, and it was everywhere. and I mean everywhere, motor, chassis, body, steering shaft, there was also some seafoam green in places too.

I cant imagine how that poor car felt at the time.

 

One thing about Larry... he could pull off the pink car and not have many people say anything to his face.

 

That's killer work! Very nice!

 

Looks like another one is to be saved.....excellent work

 

Jay,,you*****,,its a good thing your handsome

 

Wow! I'm definitely in awe... Beautifully done.
So, that looks like enough work for one day. What's on your agenda for day two of saving that beast from the brink of the scrap heap?

 

Ho-lee***** that's nice fab work!!!!

 

I've been in the shop a lot while this poor thing is in the process of being saved, and Jay has only skimmed the surface of what he's done. Everthing he's looked at has at least one, if not several modifications to make it purtier or more better functional. I think he needs to write an owner's manual for it when he's done; I don't think ESD will be able to remember it all. After all, ESD is approaching the age where he's either trying to remember your name or lookin' for a bathroom (ask me how I know...). BTW, fer those that don't know, Da Tinman is my errant son. Maybe someday he'll get a real job... (J/K, J/K)

 

Genius! Looks GREAT! I have a "str*&t r*d" I have to save soon as well! Has a lot of the same***** done to it! Thanks for the inspiration!! Nice work!!

 

Did you try to preheat it?

 

as much fun as I had making fun of Larry's pink car, I forgot to comment on the awesome fab work.

You really are Da Tinman!

 

Looking real good! I bet the owner is happy that you are doing the work!

 

Nice work.

 

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I would love to see just how that was done step by step.

Cool stuff, keep it coming.